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Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes


The clearest way to show what the rule of law means to us in everyday life is to recall what has happened when there is no rule of law.

The free world must not prove itself worthy of its own past.

The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice; their choice!

The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield.

The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion.

The people of the world genuinely want peace. Some day the leaders of the world are going to have to give in and give, it to them.

The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.

The purpose is clear. It is safety with solvency. The country is entitled to both.

The sergeant is the Army.

The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth.

The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.

The United States strongly seeks a lasting agreement for the discontinuance of nuclear weapons tests. We believe that this would be an important step toward reduction of international tensions and would open the way to further agreement on substantial measures of disarmament.

The world moves, and ideas that were once good are not always good.

There are a number of things wrong with Washington. One of them is that everyone is too far from home.

There is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs.

There is no person in this room whose basic rights are not involved in any successful defiance to the carrying out of court orders.

There is no victory at bargain basement prices.

There is nothing wrong with America that faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens cannot cure.

There's no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way they were.

Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.